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Eiga Crayon Shin-chan: Ora-tachi no Kyōryū Nikki (Crayon Shin-chan the Movie: Our Dinosaurary), the 31st 2D animated film in the Crayon Shin-chan film series, opened at number 2 at the Japanese box office over the weekend of August 9–11. The film sold 365,000 tickets and earned 455,302,200 yen (about US$3.05 million) in its first three days, selling 510,000 tickets and earning 636 million yen (about US$4.32 million) in its first four days, including Monday (August 10 is Mountain Day). holiday in Japan).
The film premiered in Japan on August 9.
The film tells the story of the friendship between the Nobara family's pet dog Hiro and the “little dinosaur”. Their connection helps the development of Shinnosuke and the Kasukabe Defense Team.
Takumi Kitamura guest stars in the film as Billy, a dinosaur-loving biologist who works with the Kasukabe Defense Team. Comedians Ozwald Yū Hatanaka and Shunsuke Itō also guest star in the film as Chū and Ammoner Itō, respectively.
Shinobu Sasaki (director of many Duel Masters anime including the 2017, 2018, and 2019 Duel Masters TV anime) directed the film. Moral, who wrote the script for the Crayon Shin-chan TV series, wrote the script.
Rock band My Hair is Bad performs the film's theme song “Omoide o Kakenukete”(Run Past Your Memories).
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My Hero AcadeKaren THE MOVIE: You're Next (My Hero AcadeKaren: You're Next), the fourth anime film in the My Hero AcadeKaren franchise, dropped from #1 to #3 in its second weekend. The film sold 232,000 tickets and earned 346,080,600 yen (about US$2.32 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film sold a total of 1.22 million tickets and earned a total of 1.7 billion yen (about US$11.41 million).
The film opened in Japan on August 2. It sold 608,500 tickets and earned approximately 895 million yen (about US$6.28 million) in its first three days. It was shown simultaneously in IMAX, MX4D, 4DX, and Dolby Cinema formats. TOHO International will release the film in the United States on October 11. The film will have English subtitles and a dub.
The film's initial antagonists are members of a large, mysterious criminal organization called The”Gorrini Family.”
Tensai Okamura (Darker than Black) is directing the film at BONES. Returning staff from the television series and previous films include screenwriter Yōsuke Kuroda, character designer Yoshihiko Umakoshi, and composer Yuki Hayashi. Voundy performs the theme song “Homunculus” as well as the ending theme song “Gift”.
Original manga author Kōhei Horikoshi served as chief supervisor and original character designer. The film has an original story that takes place at the same time as the current TV anime, with the collapse of safe society. In the film, a mysterious giant fortress and a man resembling the former “Symbol of Peace” suddenly appear in a society that has collapsed due to war.
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Kingdom: Taishogun no Kikan (Return of the General), the live-action film of the Fourth Kingdom, dropped from fourth to fifth place in its fifth weekend. The film earned 326,262,100 yen (about $2.19 million) from Friday to Sunday. The film has grossed a total of 6.1 billion yen (about $41.45 million), selling a total of 4.16 million tickets.
The film opened on July 12. It sold 1,065,000 tickets and earned 1.629 billion yen (about $10.28 million) in its first three days. The film sold 1.46 million tickets in its first four days, including Monday (which is a Marine Corps holiday in Japan), and earned 2.2 billion yen (about $13.89 million) in that time.
The film covers the Shi Ka (Zi Xia) arc of the manga and the Battle of Bayou – the first time Shin (Xin) and Ō Ki (Wang Qi) stand together on the battlefield, to fight against the invasion of the powerful Chō (Zhao) from the north. Anne (Anne Watanabe) returns as the pivotal character Shi Ka (Zi Xia). Other cast members include Kataoka Ainosuke VI as Fuu Ki (Feng Ji), Kōji Yamamoto as Chō Sō (Zhao Zhuang), Yuki Yamada as Man Goku (Wan Ji), Eri Murakawa as You Li (Yū Ri), Hinako Sakurai as Dong Mei (Tō Bi), and Yūki Araki as Kyō.
Kento Yamazaki, Ryō Yoshizawa, Takao Osawa and Kanna Hashimoto all reprise their respective characters Shin (Xin), Ei Sei (Yin Zheng), Ō Ki (Wang Qi) and Ka Ryō Ten (He Liao Diao), respectively, from the previous two films. Nana Seino, Hiroshi Tamaki and Kōichi Satō from the second film also reprise their respective characters Kyо̄ Kai, Sho Hei Kun (Lord Changping) and Ryo Fui (Lu Buwei).
Shinsuke Satō (live-action Gantz, Death Note Light up the NEW world, Bleach) returns as director. Manga author Yasuhisa Hara and Tsutomu Kuroiwa (One Piece Film Gold, live-action Black Butler, GANTZ:O) return to write the script.
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Bocchi the Rock! Re:Re:, the second film in the Bocchi the Rock! anime compilation series, opened at number 6. The film earned 218,143,560 yen (about US$1.46 million) in its first three days.
The second film featured a special first-come, first-served manga giveaway for the audience, drawn by Aki Hamaji titled Bocchi the Rock! Epigraph 2, which was distributed on the day of the film's release.
Bocchi the Rock! Re:, the first of two compilation films, opened in Japan on June 7. It sold 140,000 tickets and earned 218,470,888 yen (about US$1.38 million) in its first three days of release.
The opening of the first film features newly created animation set to the Kessoku Band's new song “Tsukinami ni Kagayaki” (Sparkling as usual). Ai Higuchi wrote the lyrics, -otoha- composed the song, and Ritsuo Mitsui arranged the song.
The anime adaptation of Aki Hamaji's four-panel manga Bocchi the Rock! follows Hitori “Bocchi-chan” (“Loner”) Gotō, a lonely high school girl whose heart lies in her guitar. She does nothing but strum her guitar at home all day. However, one day, she runs into Nijika Ijichi, who is looking for a guitarist for her group called “Kessoku Band”.
Keiichirō Saitō (ACCA: 13-Territory Inspection Dept. Regards) directed the television anime at CloverWorks. Erika Yoshida (Lupin III: Part IV) supervised and wrote the series scripts. Kerorira (animation director for Wonder Egg Priority) designed the characters.
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The live-action film adaptation of Tsubasa Yamaguchi's manga Blue Period ranked eighth in its opening weekend. The film earned 113,134,680 yen (about US$759,300) in its first three days.
The film opened in Japan on August 9. It screened at the Japan Cuts film festival in New York on July 13.
Kentarō Hagiwara (live-action Tokyo Ghoul) directed the film, Reiko Yoshida (anime Blue Period) wrote the script, and Yūki “Yaffle” Kojima composed the music.
Yamaguchi launched the manga in Kodansha's Afternoon magazine in June 2017.
Kodansha USA is publishing the manga in English, and it describes the story:
Yatora is a perfect high school student, with good grades and lots of friends. It's an easy and ultimately boring gig. But one day, he wanders into the art room and a lone painting catches his eye, awakening him to a beauty he never knew existed. Forced and exhausted, he dives headfirst into the fray—and he's about to learn just how brutal and unforgiving art can be!
The series inspired a television anime adaptation in 2021. The anime debuted on Netflix in Japan in September of that year, and then on Japanese television in October. Netflix began streaming the anime outside of Japan in October 2021, with new episodes released weekly.
The 25th anniversary screening of the anime film Cardcaptor Sakura: The Movie ranked No. 1 in the mini-cinema rankings.
The live-action film adaptation of Masamitsu Nigatsu's manga Honeko Akabane's Bodyguards (Akabane Honeko no Bodyguard) fell out of the top 10 in its second week of release.
The fourth and final season of the Recapture anime project Code Geass: Rozé (originally titled Gode Geass: Z of the Recapture, or Dakkan no Zetto) was also removed from the lineup in its second weekend.
Source: Kōgyō Tsūshin (link 2, link 3), comScore via KOFIC
